Section A. Workload . A full-time summer session workload shall consist of no more than six (6) credit hours.
Section B. Duty Days . A summer session shall consist of twenty-five (25) assigned duty days , including days when registration, classes, holidays, examinations and grading days are scheduled. Classes need not be scheduled on all duty days.
Normally, a summer session will be five (5) weeks in length but individual courses may be up to six (6) weeks in length. By mutual agreement between the President , the individual faculty member , and the Local Faculty Association , individual courses may be scheduled for more than six (6) weeks. Summer sessions shall not overlap. Classes need not be scheduled on all duty days .
Summer courses established for cohorts will be scheduled through the regular departmental scheduling process. By mutual agreement between the President , the affected faculty member (s), and the Local Faculty Association , cohort courses may be scheduled for more than six (6) weeks.
Normally,
summer sessions shall not overlap. However, by mutual agreement
between the President
, the
individual faculty member
, and
the Local Faculty
Association
, up
to ten per cent (10%) of individual courses at each University may overlap
summer sessions. Unless extended or modified by the parties to this Agreement
,
this provision on summer session overlap shall sunset on June 30, 2007.
Upon agreement with its Local Faculty Association , Metropolitan State University may establish a summer schedule that includes courses spanning two summer sessions.
Section C. Salaries . A faculty member accepting a summer session teaching assignment shall receive two and one-quarter percent (2.25%) of his/her nine- (9) month base salary for the preceding academic year per credit hour, but not less than the minimum adjunct rate for the preceding academic year as set forth in Article 11.
Section D. Assignment . Procedures for assigning positions shall be reviewed and determined annually at a meet and confer session with the Association . Within each department all faculty, except the department chair, shall have equal access to summer teaching assignments, based on requirements of the curriculum and qualification of the instructor. Equal access shall not override curriculum determinations or qualifications of faculty to teach the courses offered.
Section E. Overload . Faculty members who perform teaching assignments in excess of a full-time workload during summer sessions shall receive overload pay as described in Article 12 .